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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prefer your history philosophized rather than wrapped up in a candy-box, Camus' Caligula, an existentialist interpretation of a period of Roman history, bows at the Loeb Ex Monday through Wednesday. The play centers on an emperor, Caligula, and his use of power to obtain unbridled freedom for himself at the expense of others; the approach taken by director Vicente Castro in his last Loeb production has been described as "primitivistic-futuristic." 7:30 p.m. is the chosen hour to indulge in perplexity (tickets are free, and available beginning at noon on the day of performance...
...play to some quirky personalities on a bare set; its true home is a realm-the great stage of Rome. Dunlop has given us a Rome sans populace, sans armies, and devoid of the pervasive presence of megalopolitan power-perhaps the most potent character in the drama. The Roman state is what stalks the minds and characters of the men who conspire to kill Caesar. It is never remotely felt here...
...scoriae, the city of Pompeii-a flourishing town on the Bay of Naples, filled with rich men's villas, tradesmen's houses and the workshops of the poor-was in the moment of its snuffing-out turned into the most complete social time capsule left by the Roman world. Since major excavations of its site were completed in the 19th century, Pompeii has been one of the supreme clichés of tourism and, short of an archaeological discovery of Atlantis, which seems improbable, it is likely to remain so. King Tut's tomb had more gold...
This year's r.t.w.-the initials could as well stand for razzmatazz-to-wacky-produced no bombshells, but a few Roman candles, and squibs aplenty. It also offered something for just about everyone. The influences, as Le Figaro's Hélène de Turckheim noted, could be traced to "the 1940s, the 1950s, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Star Wars, Close Encounters, the army, the church and even the crowning of Bangui's Emperor Bokassa...
...knocked around Europe for a few years. Says Mary: "He once started a girlie magazine called Hot Dog. When I was a teen-ager I found one and tore it up. Now I'd give anything for a copy." Her father then converted to a rather strenuous Roman Catholicism and spent the rest of his life (he died when Mary was eight) starting right-wing religious magazines, "things like Catholic International," that lasted for an issue...